Hermann heinrich wagener



(No Model.)

H. H. WAGENER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PLAT WIRE SPRINGS.

Patented May 25%897.

Witn ass as rrnn STATES PATENT FFICE.

HERMANN HEINRICH WAGENER, OF CASSEL, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING FLAT-WIRE SPRINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,218, dated May 25,1897.

Application filed September 2'7, 1895. Serial No. 563,825. (No model.)Patented in Germany April 6, 1895, No. 91,374; in Belgium August 10,1895, No. 116,709,- in Austria September 2, 1895, N0. 45/3,101; in ItalySeptember 6, 1895, No. 39,471,- in England November 16, 1895, No.14,099, and in France November 22.1895,No.249,186.

T0 at 'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMANN HEINRICH IVAGENER. manufacturer, a subjectof the German Em peror,residing at Oassel, Province of Hessen-Nassau,Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines forMaking Flatire Springs for Articles of Apparel, (for which I havereceived Letters Patent in the following countries: Austria, September2, 1895, No. 45/3,101; Italy, September 6,1895, No. 39,471; France,November 22, 1895, No. 249,186; Belgium, August 10, 1895, No. 116,709;England, November 16, 1895, N0.14,099, and Germany, April 6, 1895, No.91,374,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines used in making flat-wire springshaving a braided appearance and adapted to be used instead of whalebonesfor stiffening corsets, waists, and other articles of feminine apparel.

The said invention consists in the construction and combination of partshereinafter particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of amachine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation ofthe same. Figs. 3 and 4 represent plan views of the same in differentpositions of the mechanism. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of thesame. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 represent detail views of slightly-differentforms of the mandrel. Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13, and 14 representspecimens of the product.

A and 13 represent a pair of standards raised on a base B and providedwith bearings O for the mandrel-shaft C. These bearings are held inplace by screws 0 A spring D, wound helically about the said shaft andbearing at one end against a fixed collar D thereon, while at the otherend it bears against standard A, forces the operative end of the saidshaft outward. This end is provided with a socket G which receives andholds the mandrel E, preferably of fiat form, somewhat like that of anordinary flat file, as shown in Fig. 7, for example, though this maymanifestly be varied considerably. The other end of the said shaft isprovided with a crank-handle I for rotating it. The said shaft is alsopro vided with a radial stud G between the said crank-handle andstandard A, and this turns in contact with a fixed cam F, attached tothe standard A. The operation of the said cam and the opposing spring Dcauses a continual rapid longitudinal reciprocation of the said shaft asthe latter rotates. This is limited by the collar D aforesaid and byanother fixed collar D on the said shaft between the standard B andthesocket (3 Of course the mandrel E partakes of the reciprocating aswell as of the rotary motion of its shaft.

H designates abracket which is rigid with the standard B and extendsoutward rigidly therefrom, supporting a pair of horizontal feeding-rollsJ, which are arranged parallel to the said mandrel. Astripping-plate K,also supported on the said bracket, allows the said mandrel to playbackward and forward through an opening in it, but catches the coils ofthe wire L and strips them from the said mandrel as the latter iswithdrawn.

In practice the several strands of wire are passed between the saidrollers and wound once or twice about the said mandrel to give them ahold thereon. The crank-shaft I is then turned, and the combined rotaryand reciprocating motion of the shaft C and mandrel E causes the wiresto be wound obliquely thereon in an open-work tube having the generalappearance of being braided, while the plate K forces the said wire tubefrom the machine as fast as produced. This tube is then flattened bypressure in any convenient Way and cut into such lengths as are needed.

The exact form of the product will depend on the form of the mandrel.For greater stiffness it may of course be twisted, as shown in Fig. 9.The rolls J insure the proper presentation of the wires and a sufficientdegree of tension.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a rotating and reciprocating mandrel E, with afixed strippingplate through which it works, a pair of rolls arranged inproximity to the said mandrel, and mechanism for causing the aforesaidmo- 'tions of the said mandrel, the said plate beto cause thereciprocation of the said shaft,

ing arranged and adapted to remove the Wire a mandrel E mounted on theend of the latopen-Work tube therefrom as it is formed on ter, a pair ofrolls J arranged in proximity to the said mandrel ready for flattening,subthe said mandrel, and a fixed stripping-plate 15 5 stantially as setforth. K through which the said mandrel plays, sub- 2. The shaft Oprovided with means for oomstantially as and for the purpose set forth.municating motion thereto and also with a a T T a Y stud G and collars Dand D in combination HLRMAM HEINRICH MILLER with a spring D actingagainst the collar 1), \Vitnesses: I0 a cam F in contact with the saidstud and op- HEINRICH TORLEY,

erating in combination with the said spring FRIED. SOHNESNARDE.

